Business Fair Reflection

For this event, there was a business fair that included many of the major businesses in the area. The minimum for the extra credit was to talk to three different companies, however, I chose to talk to nine. I talked to J.B. Hunt, 3M, Cargill, Valspar, Best Buy, and a few other companies. For each company, I would walk up to the table, introduce myself, and ask them to tell me a little bit about their company. Once they were done with their pitch about their company, we would then ask each other some more questions. They would typically ask what year I was in for school, what my major was, and what I wanted to do when I was done with college. From there, they would typically relate one of these answers to how I would fit in with their company. I then would ask if they had any internships available for the summer and they would typically either hand me their card or tell me to check their website for the application. The basic style for each of these companies varied, however, the type of information they would give was all pretty similar. Also, some company employees were more forward and expressive while others hung back and waited for me to ask most of the questions. Each person was pretty unique

When people ask me what year I am in college, I tell them that I am a freshman, but due to the credits I took in high school, I am technically a second semester sophomore. Walking away from my high school with this many credits was pretty normal. However, I have learned that this is not the case with a lot of people when they graduate high school. Knowing that this could possibly be an impressive quality, I mentioned it to the different company employees. Many of them seemed rather impressed that I am further ahead than the typical freshman. This situation gave me a good chance to test this theory and now I know that I should mention it when I am in an actual interview